Gordon Adaskin fonds. [1961]
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Binning, B. C., 1909-1976
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Bertram Charles Binning was born in Medicine Hat, Alberta and grew up in Vancouver where he later attended art school before pursuing his studies in Oregon, Greenwich Village, New York and London. He joined the University of British Columbia School of Architecture in 1949 after many years as instructor at the Vancouver School of Arts. In 1955, he became head of the Department of Fine Arts which he had helped establish. He resigned the position in 1968 to devote more time to teaching and painting...
Shadbolt, Jack, 1909-1998
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Jack Shadbolt was born in England and emigrated to Victoria, B.C. In the 1930s he taught art in the public schools in B.C., and later studied art in London Paris. He began teaching at the Vancouver School of Art in the 1940s, and at the same time pursued the development of his own painting and writing. In 1948 he attended the Art Students' League in New York where he developed his interest in abstract modern art. Shadbolt taught many art workshops, and travelled widely throughout the world. His ...
Adaskin, Gordon.
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Born the brother of musician Harry Adaskin, Gordon was adopted by Harry and his wife Frances at the age of five, after the death of his father. Although Gordons birth mother, Rifke, was still alive, she allowed the Adaskins to adopt Gordon, in accordance with the elder Adaskins dying wish. Gordon moved to Vancouver in 1946, and attended University Hill Junior School. He would forego his final year at University Hill in order to attend the Vancouver Art School. Subsequently, Gordon toured Europe,...
